Read this, you curious cunt!

Let's talk about the word cunt.

Firstly, let's dispel something right now. The word cunt is NOT automatically misogynistic. The word cunt is not reserved for women. Personally, I rarely use the word when referring to women for that very reason. Can a woman be a cunt? Sure! Anyone can be a cunt. You could be a cunt right now while reading this. Hell, I'm a cunt sometimes.

Wikipedia defines cunt as follows:

Cunt /ˈkʌnt/ is a vulgar word for the vulva or vagina and is also used as a term of disparagement. Reflecting different national usages, cunt is described as "an unpleasant or stupid person" in the Compact Oxford English Dictionary, whereas Merriam-Webster states that it is a "usually disparaging and obscene" term for a woman or an "offensive way to refer to a woman" in the United States.

The key here is “in the United States”. Only Americans restrict the use of this word to women. To me, that's more misogynistic than the use of the word. Are pussies only women? Are dicks only men?

Wikipedia goes on to say:

The Macquarie Dictionary of Australian English gives "a contemptible person". When used with a positive qualifier (good, funny, clever, etc.) in Britain, New Zealand, and Australia, it can convey a positive sense of the object or person referred to.

So, in other English speaking countries the word cunt is not only not exclusive to women but it's also used as a positive sometimes. E.g. - “Nice one, you cheeky cunt!” would not be insulting to an Aussie or a Brit.

I don't know why the United States has decided that cunt is such a horrible word while having absolutely zero issue with the word pussy. I can say pussy all day. I can call men pussies, I can call women pussies, I can call children and animals pussies; No one bats an eye. I call a man a silly cunt and everyone loses their minds. It's ridiculous.

My twitter account was limited earlier for calling Piers Morgan, a British man, a cunt. In his own tongue that's barely offensive. Meanwhile, users call me every slur there is and constantly bombard me with obscene photographs of black people and terrorism victims with impunity. If the word cunt is more offensive to you than the word nigger or a picture of a woman that was torn in half by a truck driven by a terrorist then, guess what?

You're a dumb cunt.

I'm going to continue to use the word cunt liberally. It's a good, strong word with a myriad of uses. It's not just convenient to use but also fun to say! Cunt just rolls off of the tongue.

Giggity.

Thanks for reading and have a fantastic Sunday, you wonderful, wonderful cunts!

Time is of the essence.

Remember those people that said during the election “Trump can't do half of the crazy things he's saying he'll do”?

“Don't worry.” They'd coo. “He can't hurt things that much!”

But, oh dear, is he trying real hard right now.

I'm not being partisan when I say that he's destroying our nation's image among allies and foes alike. Republicans are feeling it, too. Trump isn't even a Republican to begin with. You've known this all along really, Republicans, but the win was important to you. Now you have to decide if it's more important than the country.

Nevertheless, those optimists from before the election were technically correct, which is the best kind, when they doubted his ability to destroy us all. It is not, however, from lack of effort, ability, or motive, but a lack of intelligence. He tried to pull off a great con, because DONALD TRUMP IS A CONMAN, and he isn't smart enough to pull it off. The marks are starting to get wise. The jig is up. The buzzards are circling the carcass.

His network of shady businessmen is already crumbling. Soon, it will be every man for himself in Trumpland. If you're paying attention you can actually see the wheels coming off. They'll tear each other apart trying to stay out of jail or, on the Russian side of things, not get straight up murdered. These men aren't built for prison, even a cushy federal one, and they know it. Maybe they'll surprise me and we'll watch Trump grow old gracefully on the lush links of Agola state penitentiary.

Even if Pence survives the impeachment things will be improved. Just think of everyone that goes away when Trump does. Bannon. Gone. Tillerson. Gone. Sessions. Conway. Kushner. Ivanka. Gone. Spicer gone, obviously. That little bottom feeder will be lucky to get the Easter bunny job back. I'm feeling increasingly secure in the knowledge that Mattis and McMaster are around. If there's anyone connected to Trump that I have any faith in, it's those two men. We're going to need guys like these in the coming days. This treason will tear our government apart but what rises from the ashes is up to us and we need to remember; Country over party.

Trumpkins are starting to get that now. They're seeing that they were lied to and they do not like it. They're not ready to admit defeat to liberals yet, so bitterly do they hate that word, but they're beginning to acknowledge that this Trump thing may have been a mistake. They're less vocal in their support and much less eager to defend him. I don't see a whole lot of MAGA hats around these days, do you? His slowly eroding base should give hope to all patriotic Americans. Hell, to people all over the world.

One thing still looms ominously on the horizon - North Korea. Trump is rattling sabers loudly and I think that it's because he believes a war will save his ailing presidency. I believe he's insane enough to try regardless. He's not going to go down easily. Oh no, not our Donald. Trump is going to go down kicking and screaming, taking everything and everyone along with him, fighting until the bitter end. Hopefully, we can stop him before he starts something that we can't fix.

A war is coming; and soon.

Even all the way down here in Texas I can hear Trump and his generals rattling their sabers. Their pockets are full of big shiny toys burning holes in their trousers. Abrams, Apaches, and Spectres. Oh my.

Iran will be the target. It's a country we've had our eyes on it for quite a while. Tensions have been rising in the Persian Gulf and particularly in and around the strait of Hormuz. Last year Iran even threatened it's closure. That's 20% of the world's oil. 85% of which goes to Asia. It'll give Trump control over a large amount of oil, among other seaborne commerce passing through the strait, and a way to hurt China. Sound like something The Orange might be interested in?

He's already surrounded himself with people that would be amenable to this course of action. Flynn has had a hard-on for Iran for a while and already believes that there is a war coming between them and Saudi Arabia. Mattis said two days ago, after Trump announced fresh sanctions against Iran, that they were the "single biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world.". Bannon has been propagandizing about Iran getting nukes via Breitbart for sometime now, too. Tillerson has his eyes on their oil. Priebus has been screaming bloody murder about the same nukes. The echo chamber is complete and it is calling for an invasion.

Boots on the ground in Iran will be a messy affair. It will be a bloodier occupation that Iraq or Afghanistan. Insurgents will pour in from all sides, seeing it as a last stand of sorts. It'll be a dirty war that will claim many an American life. I don't think it will require a draft... but what bitter irony it would be to have one instituted by a draft dodger.

The Muslim ban was deliberately designed to agitate and isolate Muslims. The Trump administration wants a terrorist attack right now. One is probably coming, real or manufactured, that will somehow lead straight back to Iran. This will be the justification for their war. Hell, even if it doesn't lead back to Iran that won't stop them. Remember Iraq's role in 9/11? There will be a bombing or a shooting. The bomber or shooter will be Iranian. Or know an Iranian. Or have been to Iran. Or seen Iran on TV. Or have an A Flock Of Seagulls CD in his apartment. Something. Anything. That'll be all they need to get the meat grinder going.

As much as I'd like to paint Trump as a deplorable devil of Nixonian proportions with a head full of evil plans I can't. He's a buffoon with a head full of air and hair growth chemicals. This was exposed as the truth when he unwittingly signed an order that placed Bannon on the NSC without even realizing it. He's their patsy. W II. Here to start WWIII. Personally, I think the man has Alzheimer's, as his father before him, and that everyone around him knows it. He's their useful idiot and with him they will rule the world. Or attempt to.

So we're going to war again, America. And, whether they succeed or they fail, we, the people, will suffer.

Donald Trump is a gift to ISIS.

Hearts and minds.

It's something I used to hear a lot while I was deployed to Iraq. Hearts and minds. We put a lot of effort into this concept. We spent American money at the markets and at falafel stands to keep the merchants friendly. We handed out soccer balls and candy to Iraqi children to combat the image of the evil American occupier. We set up points where Iraqis could come to receive medical treatment from our medics. We also helped repair schools and hospitals destroyed during the conflict; to give those children a place to congregate and learn; and to give people access to healthcare that was otherwise nonexistent. We provided security for people as they performed daily tasks; refilling benzene tanks, pumping sewage from the streets, or doing road work. We also paid the sewage truck operators and the road workers, using locals always to boost our status within the community. We spoke with local sheikhs and imams. We interacted with the people, learned their customs, and showed them the respect that they deserved. We drank tea with them. We broke bread with them.

The goal, always, was to make one thing very clear: We are not your enemy and you are not ours.

This approach had very positive effects in my area of operations. We, once the evil American occupiers, became the peace officers. People came to us with problems and, more importantly, with information. When we were attacked by terrorists the civilian populace became very annoyed with the agitators. And why not? We didn't even shoot our guns unless we were attacked. Sure, we shouldn't be there but they knew that we didn't want to be. We humanized ourselves. They saw us not as the faceless manifestation of American aggression but as guys from another country that were trying to do a job. That job? To help their community recover and grow after the horrible war that they had endured.

Before long, Iraqis began to take up arms against Al Qaeda in our area. When insurgents would show up in their town to plant improvised explosive devices on their newly repaired roads they would meet severe resistance. At a minimum, our neighborhood birdies would tell us who did what and where said what was. Occasionally, we would arrive to find that our new Iraqi friends had killed the potential terrorists and all we needed to do was clean up.

Hearts and minds.

These lessons have been learned by the American military over years and years of warfare. You fight an idea with an idea. Terrorists recruit by demonizing those that they fight. How do you convince a kid to blow himself up to kill a guy that gave him candy and soccer balls, that built his school, that rendered medical aid, or fed his family? How do you convince a man to blow up a guy's truck when the day before he was drinking tea with him and laughing? Sure, not everyone is changed by a simple gesture. There are true believers. These tactics aren't for them. We show Muslims that we are not the enemy by not being the enemy. By being the friend. By healing the wounds that we have inflicted. Muslims, like Christians, are a peaceful and forgiving people. They don't live for war or yearn for it. Jihad is the last resort of an oppressed and distraught person with no options left.

Donald Trump threatens our country with his anti-Muslim agenda. Banning Muslims from coming to the United States? This is a victory for ISIS. They just gained recruits all over the world.

I read a story today about a man who's mother, after living in this country since 1995, was denied re-entry to undergo medical care. She's dead now. How do you radicalize a moderate Muslim? Killing his mother is probably a good start.

- An edit. Apparently, the man that reported this is being accused of lying about it. Regardless of whether or not he did the anecdote has meaning. This disruption of travel, deliberately targeting Muslims, can and will cost people their lives. It's unfortunate that this man would lie as it hurts the cause but it doesn't change the fact that the Muslim ban serves more to radicalize and increase terrorism than to solve it.

A kid from Houston is currently being detained in Chicago because he went to Jordan to renew his visa. Jordan, a country that is not on the list of banned countries. They revoked his visa and locked him up. They took his phone. His brother says that the kid can only use the phone once a week for thirty minutes and that he is unable to see him. The official word is that he will be at a refugee center for up to two months. Sixteen years old. This is how you create a radical.

There are two possibilities in my mind.

1 - The Trump administration is clueless and incompetent. They have no idea what they're doing. They don't know how to fight terrorism. They're scared and they are lashing out.

I don't really believe this, though it sounds comforting when compared to the other possibility.

2 - The Trump administration knows exactly what it's doing. They know that this will create more radicals. They are deliberately antagonizing terrorists. They want terrorism to increase so that they can push for more control, more restrictions, and more terror. They want to use the hate and fear that they are creating to initiate mass deportations, mass incarcerations, and war. This was their plan. This is their agenda.

I don't want to believe this. I want America to be great, I want our country to prosper, but America doesn't prosper by victimizing the people that live here. When we attack our own people we all lose. We're supposed to be better. What happened to "One nation, indivisible"? That doesn't just mean the white Christians. That means all of us; immigrants and visitors included. We've gone from complaining about illegal immigration to attacking legal immigrants based solely on their religion.

Refugees and immigrants are not our enemies. A refugee could be the most patriotic American you've ever seen if you would just give them the chance to be. To be welcomed by us with open arms after fleeing war, chaos, and death? Is there a better way to win someone's heart and mind?

The protests are heartening. To see Americans come together as a unit to resist this obvious tyranny fills me with pride even as Trump's actions overwhelm me with shame. Huge, spontaneous protests to support people being unlawfully detained, unfairly treated, and un-Americanly singled out? This is the country that I love. Is it enough? I don't know. It's a start, though.

Let's keep the heat on, America.